January 14, 2010

Stew golorious stew!

So it's been ages since I made stew. Years and years. Since it's been so cold I wanted something that would last for a couple meals. It was perfect for this type of week. I know stews are pretty basic, and you can throw in just about anything that you have in the fridge. The one addition I added was Squash. I know it may sound a little weird, I thought it could make it unpleasantly sweet but it didn't. I was surfing through recipies from everyone, Ina Garten, Martha, Alton Brown and then I got to one from Jamie Oliver. I have a secret crush on Jamie, since one time when I was working at Food & Wine he did a cooking demo in the test kitchens and called me "Little Tiger" for one reason or another... So I like pretty much anything he has to cook. Well, in his recipe he put squash in his stew along with Jeruseleam Artichokes, which I couldn't find anywhere... It was a GREAT addition! There was actually no sweetness. I cooked the stew in the oven for about 3-4 hours. I added the carrots in the last hour so they wouldn't over sweeten the broth.

I used sage and rosemary and LOTS of black pepper & garlic in addition to all of the other standard stew offerings. In the end I think it turned out mighty tasty.

by
Lauren Fister

1 comment:

I love butternut squash in my stew, in fact many squash work well. I avoid acorn squash and spagheti squash becasue they easily become "thready" in the stew or soup. In particular, I like Delicata, Pattypan (cook less like carrots), Pumpkin, and if you can find it (I did at a farmer's market this fall) Autumn Cup Squash. Looked good Lauren!

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